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The Crossover
Kwame Alexander

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

The Crossroads of Should and Must: Find and Follow Your Passion
Elle Luna

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Crow
James O'Barr

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1989

The Crown
Kiera Cass

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Crown Conspiracy
Michael J. Sullivan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Crown of Embers
Rae Carson

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

The Crown's Game
Evelyn Skye

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2016

The Crowns of Croswald
D. E. Night

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

The Crown Tower (The Riyria Chronicles, #1)
Michael J. Sullivan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Crow Road
Iain Banks

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

The Crow Trap (Vera Stanhope, #1)
Ann Cleeves

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

The Crucible
Arthur Miller

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1953

The Crucifix Killer
Chris Carter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

The Cruelest Month
Louise Penny

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

The Cruel Prince
Holly Black

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

The Cruel Sea (Classics of War)

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1951

The Crusades Through Arab Eyes
Amin Maalouf

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1983

The Crux
Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

The Cry
Helen Fitzgerald

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Crying of Lot 49
Thomas Pynchon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

The Cry of the Icemark
Stuart Hill

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

The Cry of the Owl
Patricia Highsmith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1962

The Cryptogram
David Mamet

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1995

The Crystal Cave (Arthurian Saga, #1)
Mary Stewart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1970

The Crystal Shard
R.A. Salvatore

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1988

The Crystal World
J.G. Ballard

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

The Cuban Affair
Nelson DeMille, Scott Brick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Cuckoo's Calling
Robert Galbraith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage
Clifford Stoll

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1989

The Cultural Cold War: The CIA and the World of Arts and Letters
Frances Stonor Saunders

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

The Cultural Politics of Emotion
Sara Ahmed

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Culture Code
Daniel Coyle

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Culture Code: An Ingenious Way to Understand Why People Around the World Live and Buy as They Do
Clotaire Rapaille

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Culture Industry
Theodor W. Adorno

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1944

The Culture Map: Breaking through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business
Erin Meyer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Culture of Narcissism
Christopher Lasch

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1979

The Cunning Man (Toronto Trilogy, #2)
Robertson Davies

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

The Cupcake Queen
Heather Hepler

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

The Curated Closet: A Simple System for Discovering Your Personal Style and Building Your Dream Wardrobe
Anuschka Rees

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Cure at Troy: A Version of Sophocles' Philoctetes

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1990

The Cure for Death by Lightning
Gail Anderson-Dargatz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

The Cure for Drowning
Loghan Paylor

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse (Flavia de Luce, #6.5)
Alan Bradley

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 2014

The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper
Phaedra Patrick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Mark Haddon

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate
Jacqueline Kelly

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

The Currents of Space (Galactic Empire, #2)
Isaac Asimov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1952

The Cursed (Coven of Bones, #2)
Harper L. Woods

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Curse of Capistrano
Johnston McCulley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1919

The Curse of Chalion (World of the Five Gods, #1)
Lois McMaster Bujold

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

The Curse of the Pharaohs
Elizabeth Peters

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1981

The Custodian of Paradise
Wayne Johnston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Custom of the Country
Edith Wharton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1913

The Cut
Richard Armitage

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Cut (Spero Lucas #1)
George P. Pelecanos

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Cutting Room
Louise Welsh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Cutting Season
Attica Locke

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Cypress Maze
Fiona Valpy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023